a final try for the english , who ultimately won 7 – 0 . the rf ##u , at hill ' s ins ##ti ##gation , promptly demanded an apology from the natives ' captain of the day , edward mcc ##aus ##land , who had led the team as joe war ##brick was injured . the english authorities of the time believed that the decision of a referee was above question , and that protesting a decision as the new zealand ##ers had done was un ##sport ##sman ##like . the rf ##u threatened to bar any of their affiliated players – in other words , the entire rugby playing population of england – from facing the natives if they did not ap ##olo ##gis ##e .
a final try for the english, who ultimately won 7 – 0. the rfu, at hill's instigation, promptly demanded an apology from the natives'captain of the day, edward mccausland, who had led the team as joe warbrick was injured. the english authorities of the time believed that the decision of a referee was above question, and that protesting a decision as the new zealanders had done was unsportsmanlike. the rfu threatened to bar any of their affiliated players – in other words, the entire rugby playing population of england – from facing the natives if they did not apologise.